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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4999: Relates to prohibiting the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and accessories

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 4999 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to prohibiting the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and accessories. Primary sponsor: Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (Democratic). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and accessories; imposes a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each infraction.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 16 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse42
George AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Chantel JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Nikki LucasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source